Smithing

Smelt ore into bars at a furnace, then hammer bars into gear at an anvil. You start by burning logs.

The Smithing skill page — every level, every item and the xp, in tables.

On this page: Getting started · Bars · What a piece costs · How it works · Raising a piece · Tips

Getting started

• At Smithing 1 you can't make a bar or any gear yet. Everything needs level 10. This is the most common question about the skill.
• Start by burning logs. Take logs to the furnace in the Yard's north court and it turns them into charcoal. That's the only Smithing 1 job.
• Charcoal is the fuel every smelt needs, so the logs you burn on the way to level 10 aren't wasted.
• Level 10 is 1,154 xp: about 230 ordinary logs, or far fewer if you're already cutting something better.

Burn	Gives	xp each
Logs	1 charcoal	5
Gloomwillow logs, Deadwood logs	2 charcoal	10
Ancient yew logs	3 charcoal	15
Palm logs, Skyash logs	4 charcoal	20
Rustpine logs, Featherwood logs	5 charcoal	25
Vaultwood logs, Driftwood logs	6 charcoal	30
Bogwood logs	7 charcoal	35
Gallows logs, Charwood logs, Cycad logs	8 charcoal	40
Frostpine logs, Elder cycad logs, Prize hedge clippings	9 charcoal	45
Petrified wood, Charred ironbark logs, Saltbloom tamarisk logs	10 charcoal	50
Crownheart cedar logs, Astral huskwood logs	11 charcoal	55
Coalcap	12 charcoal	60

Bars

Ore + charcoal → bar, at the furnace. Bars → gear, at the anvil. Both are in the Yard's north court, just above the Crypt stairs.

Bar	Smithing	Takes	xp
Bronze bar	10	1 copper ore + 1 tin ore + 1 charcoal	15
Emerald bar	20	3 emerald ore + 1 charcoal	30
Diamond bar	30	3 diamond ore + 2 charcoal	45
Dragonstone bar	40	3 dragonstone ore + 2 charcoal	60
Onyx bar	50	5 onyx ore + 3 grimstone ore + 6 charcoal	270
Starfall bar	60	5 starfall ore + 1 onyx bar + 6 charcoal	445
Eclipse bar	70	5 eclipse ore + 2 voidglass + 8 charcoal	440
Nova bar	80	5 nova ore + 1 eclipse bar + 10 charcoal	540
Singularity bar	90	5 singularity ore + 1 nova bar + 12 charcoal	805
Gnome gold bar	95	4 gnome gold ore + 10 charcoal	850
Celestial bar	99	4 starsteel shard + 1 singularity bar + 5 starfall bar + 12 charcoal + 1 gnome gold bar	150
Voidforged bar	105	4 void cinder + 1 celestial bar + 10 voidglass + 12 charcoal	165
Penumbra bar	110	4 umbral ember + 1 voidforged bar + 5 eclipse bar + 12 charcoal	180
Stormward bar	115	4 storm sigil + 1 penumbra bar + 10 storm jelly + 12 charcoal	195
Chrono bar	120	4 time-worn gear + 1 stormward bar + 10 stardust + 12 charcoal	210

What a piece costs

Each grade needs the Smithing level of its gear tier: bronze 10, emerald 20, diamond 30, dragonstone 40, onyx 50, starfall 60, eclipse 70, nova 80, singularity 90, celestial 99, voidforged 105, penumbra 110, stormward 115, chrono 120.

How it works

• You don't choose what to make. The furnace and the anvil always make the best thing you can from what's in your bag. That's why a furnace with logs and ore burns, smelts, burns and smelts by itself.
• Burning has a small chance to fail and use up the log. That's normal, and it keeps going.
• The top of the ladder needs more than ore. Onyx needs grimstone, eclipse needs voidglass, and starfall, nova and singularity each need a finished bar of the tier below. A Singularity bar is a Nova bar is an Eclipse bar, all the way down, so the last stretch is a chain, not a grind, and the charcoal bill climbs with it.

Raising a piece

The anvil doesn't reforge anymore. A Kindled Diamond at the Gem Bench raises a piece one level, up to +3, and never fails or breaks it. A piece already at +4 from before (an Old Hand) keeps it. Temper, Flux, Coral inlay and the Master's seal were traded in for Kindled Diamonds (one for every four, a seal one for every two).

Tips

• Smithing beats buying. A full eclipse set from Bom's counter (helm, body, legs, shield, boots, gloves, longsword, ring and amulet) costs 1,003,800 tickets. Smithing it takes 22 eclipse bars. Once you have a furnace and an anvil, there's no good reason to buy gear again.
• Smith to wear it, not to sell it. Bom buys smithed gear back for an eighth of his shelf price and never more than 2,500 a piece, reforged or not. The big pieces from onyx up all hit that ceiling, and from nova up the bars are worth more sold on their own than the finished piece.

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